NarrativeFlashbacks- Flashbacks are used to explain what the teachers are talking about in the first scene. The teachers are talking about the weird girl, the flashback allows the audience to experience what the teachers had previously experienced. It's effective in creating a non-linear narrative as it creates a jump back in rime, which means the plot is no longer chronological. The plot also uses a cliff-hanger to end the episode this encourages the audience to watch the next episode as the would be interested ion what happened. Iconography
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SettingThe setting in a Tv show is important because it establishes the genre of the tv show and the vibe that it wants to portray. It's important that it establishes a familiar setting to the audience in this situation- school as well as very unfamiliar ones such as- another planet, science lab. It's always important to make the setting believable to the audience. An Unearthy Child uses 4 main settings: -The school setting which is familiar too the audience. As it is familiar it creates a sense of peace around the audience. They picked this setting because either young or old you would have all gone to a school setting which as well seem be quite similar. -The junk yard is another used setting in this episode. It was some what familiar as some of the audience may have been to a junk yard before but generally it is quite odd and weird setting. This takes the audience out of their comfort zone. -The next big setting was the interior of the T.A.R.D.I.S. It's a classic Sci-Fi mise-en-scene. This futuristic lab would be most likely very unusual for the audience but as the scene before was rather odd to this creates a smooth transition. -The last scene is the alien planet this would be absolutely unknown for the audience, assuming they are all human. This means the audience would be very uncomfortable and exited. The producers made sure it was clear that it was an alien planet by adding the shadow of an alien in the foreground. Representations of stereotypesAudience The typical audience of Doctor Who would be family's including children and adults. I believe this because the show was shown at 5:15 pm every Saturday which means is a child friendly time. It would usually be watched either before or after dinner. This means it should include something that would interest all of the members. Children were given Susan a teenager to connect with through out the show. The older audience were given the Doctor who would present more knowledge parts to make the show more appealing. They also provided Ian and Barbara as they would present a caring aspect which would comfort the audience and also appeal to the older audience. I believe the audience would be mostly high middle class and skilled working class. Although the more the 1960's went on the more available TV's became and more people could afford them, therefore more working class members were able to watch TV's. Because the most common audience was the middle class you can notice that the main characters in this episode are also middle class citizens to allow the audience to connect with them. There are not many D's and E's (working class, and those of a lowest level of subsistence) as many of these families could not afford TV's and therefore didn't have as much opportunities to watch shows such as Dr. Who. Blumter and Katz theory/ Uses and Gratifications Theory This episode, "An Unearthy Child", presents multiple aspects of the Uses and Gratification theory. For example is gives us Surveillance, educates and informs us information about the world, mostly science related.
It also acts as a diversion from the outside would. As it lets you indulge in this fantasy world and forget your personal problems. This also entertains us and can be used to pass time. It helps socially as can stand as a focal point for conversation between people. It also helps create a personal identity as the audience may connect with the characters to help them realize their issues and help them past them.
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